Went Keto [3 years now] and dropped 30 lbs, lost brain fog, and felt 20 years younger. Got blood test cholesterol 387 - doctor freaked out- started talking statins etc- long story short had a coronary CT Scan and everything clear. There are good videos out there Dr Mason low carb down under is a good source for people who don't like to read ;)
Last time I went to the doctor was last yr (first time seeing doc in like 3 yrs before that) only because I needed a new prescription of bp med and I was going out of town & needed a refill, but she wouldn't give me one without coming in to see her and taking blood panel. Well, everything was normal except they acted like my cholesterol was super high, which it wasn't. Said both combined was "almost" 300 and that I needed to get on statins right away. My LDL was "high" by about 82 mg/dl and my HDL was low 60's. Of course, never went back for anything, I'm not going on statins. They can kiss my grits!
I watched a video awhile back with 2 doctors saying that high cholesterol isn't a bad thing, matter of fact they both looked healthy (not overweight) and they both said their LDL was well over 200.
I know I need to get off my bp med, it's the only prescription I'm on, can't seem to lower bp without it yet. I'm trying to lower it with beetroot & cinnamon (along with my bp med) and it helps some but not enough to get off the bp med. I'm going by the old bp numbers of 140/90. As a matter of fact, I watch a video by one doctor that said when he went into medicine it was 150/90.
I threw away mine and my husband's statins months ago. And we've both told our doctors we're not interested in going back on them. I've noticed a huge improvement in the brain fog I was experiencing.
Went Keto [3 years now] and dropped 30 lbs, lost brain fog, and felt 20 years younger. Got blood test cholesterol 387 - doctor freaked out- started talking statins etc- long story short had a coronary CT Scan and everything clear. There are good videos out there Dr Mason low carb down under is a good source for people who don't like to read ;)
Last time I went to the doctor was last yr (first time seeing doc in like 3 yrs before that) only because I needed a new prescription of bp med and I was going out of town & needed a refill, but she wouldn't give me one without coming in to see her and taking blood panel. Well, everything was normal except they acted like my cholesterol was super high, which it wasn't. Said both combined was "almost" 300 and that I needed to get on statins right away. My LDL was "high" by about 82 mg/dl and my HDL was low 60's. Of course, never went back for anything, I'm not going on statins. They can kiss my grits!
I watched a video awhile back with 2 doctors saying that high cholesterol isn't a bad thing, matter of fact they both looked healthy (not overweight) and they both said their LDL was well over 200.
I know I need to get off my bp med, it's the only prescription I'm on, can't seem to lower bp without it yet. I'm trying to lower it with beetroot & cinnamon (along with my bp med) and it helps some but not enough to get off the bp med. I'm going by the old bp numbers of 140/90. As a matter of fact, I watch a video by one doctor that said when he went into medicine it was 150/90.
I threw away mine and my husband's statins months ago. And we've both told our doctors we're not interested in going back on them. I've noticed a huge improvement in the brain fog I was experiencing.